Talking machine



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UNITED" Slfesrlzsl PATENT oFFicE.

, EUCENET. xmrrnn AND WILLIAM B. sTnvnNsoN, or PHILADELPHIA, rI'ENNs'rINA- f NIA,"AssIGNons To vICTon TALKINGA MACHINE COMPANY, A ConronATIoN o1 'f 7' Nnw- JERSEY.

Application led July 31,

`A tially 'appear as an integral part of the cabinet and more particularly as one of the side' walls'thereof. To this end we provide a movable'leafor shelf'suitably hinged adjacent one end'of the cabinet in suoliv man- Aner that it may be readily moved from substantiallyhorizontal position in which it is adapted'to act as a support for records.

or. other articles 4to a substantially vertical position, and soarrange the cabinet as to provide a, depression or. recess of suitable sizeand depth to substantially contain the leaf when in 'vertical'position whereby 'the leaf under such conditions appears as one of the end walls of the cabinet.

' .The invention further contemplatesthe provision in a talking machine cabinet. and

more particularly in that style of cabinet 3'0 commercially knownas a console type, of

' Va platform or support adjacent but elevated above the plane in which the talking inachine turntable or rotatable sound .record support is positioned and adapted to furnish a5 a convenient support for talkingl machine records or other,v articles and from5 which the records may be readily removed when desired, the platform or support being so disposed as to avoid the. likelihood. of the 40 records ,which may be placed thereonbeing accidentally slid or otherwise moved substantially transversely tothe direction of the -tone arm, beneath or into contact with the turntable or other operative parts" of the talking machine above the motor board.

Additionally, our invention embodies the lprovision of a novel form of hinge adapted 'for connecting the movable leaf with the body of the'cabiet and a knob convenient4 vfor employment in moving the leaf, as well as other objects and novel features of eon.

struction, design and arrangement to which reference may be hereinafter .made or Awhich TALKING MACHINE.

1923." semi No. essaie.

are apparent from the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and in which'we 55 have illustrated a preferred form of theinvention'as embodiedin a .talking machine of theconsole type. .v l

In the said drawings Fig. l is a rspecf', tive view showing'the exterior oft e talking machine cabinet with the swinging leaf in raised position and Fig. 2 is asimilar.. view thereof showing the leaf in lowered position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged 'fragmentary view of, the talking machine partiall vertical section and partially in front 'e eva'.`

tion wh thi-swinging leaf in lowered -position; ig.- is a ragmentary perspective view of the body of the cabinet with the lid and' operating mechanism entirely ,re- 70' moved' and partieularlyill'ustrating the ar'- rangement of certain ofthe parts 1X1-the in'- terior of the cabinetwhichv are'phtmallv. maden from View when. the lia'is closed.

Fi g. 5 is a still further enlarged fragmentalv 7 5 view of an end of the cabinet showing .the swinging leaf in lowered position4 and particularly illustrating the preferred -C0nstruc tion of the hinge' through the' medii'mof which the leaf is operatively securcd'-tdthe 80'- body of the cabinet, and Figs. @andiare substantially. similar views .respectively showing the leaf in partially lowered posi' f tion and in fully raised position. Figs. 8

and 9 are fragmentary detail' views 11lus g5 trating the arrangement and cbnstruction'of certain of the elements of the hinge; Fig. 10(' is a composite perspective view showing both hinge elements removed from the portions of the cabinet to which they are respectively attached, and Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragf mentary view through aportion .of one of the' elements. Like 'numerals are' used to designate similar parts in the several figures. Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the cabinet .of the talking niachine shown therein comprises front and rear vertically disposed walls 1 and 2, end l walls 3 and 4 and a bottom 5, verticallyfe'ktending corner posts 6 being arranged atl-,100 jacent the points of intersection of the several walls'to receivel the ends of the lat.-

ter in conformity with ordinary methods' of.

elongated, hollow lcasing open at the top.

The :casing may be supported on legs 7 of any suitable form disposed at the corners ,thereof, extending downwardly therefrom [ind in elfeet forming. extensions of the corner Osts. A lid 8 may be hinged tothe easing y a hinge 9 disposed along the upper edge of the rear' wall 2 in such manner that the lid may be lifted to expose the interior'of the casing or closed, as shown 1n the drawings, so as to cover the saine wli'en desired. v

Means may be arranged in the cabinet so as to divide the same into separate chambers 10 and 11,- said means preferably comprising a verticallydisposed, transversely extending partition ,12, and for giving access from the front of the cabinet respectively to the chainbersthus formed, the lower portion 'of-the front wall l isA cut away and two pairs of doors desi ated a's 13 and 14 are provided and hinged-lio the adjacent corner posts and to the fronted e of the partitionA 12 so as to provide-mova le closures for the fronts of the c hainbers, one of which may be substantially occupied b the sound amplifier as hereinafter more ully described'and the other utilized for the storage of sound records orv other articles. X

Disposed within the cabinet at a suit'a'ble distance above the bottom thereof and ex tending entirely across the upper part ofthe chamber 11 is' arranged a motor board fromwhich the operative-parts of the talking machine'are suspended.' Conveniently this board may be divided longitudinally so I asto Aforin two sections 15, 15', the former being permanently secured in ,the rear pai-t of the cabinet and the latter being removably secured Ain the front part thereof and serving to supportthe motor, generally des' 'ignated as 16', which maybe of anypre- ,-ferredl construction. As illustrated,the section-15 of-the motor board is shown as supported .on substantiallyZ-shaped bars 17'. securedf to the partition 12 and wall 3, but any other suitable l method of supporting the board may be employed if desired. Disposed generally above this portion ofthe motor board is the record support or turntable 18 which during the operation ofthe machine -is rotated by the motor through tliebniediuin of a -shaft 19 extendingvertii cally'through an aperture 20 'in the board,

. while above tlie sectionl of the board is secured a bracket 21 from which is supported for horizontal movement a generally forwardly extending tone arm 22 to the extremity of which is secured the sound box 23 operative to support a .stylus for cooperation' with a disk 'record disposedl on the. turntable 18 when the machine is in operation. Conveniently supported from the underside of -b section .15 of the motor board is the sound amplifier, generally designated as-25, which a plurality of vertically space cent the inner face of the doors 14, theam-v plifier substantially occupies the entire .area

ounded b the motor board, bottom 5, end

wall 3 an .partiti0nv12, the anipliliei', liowever, being preferably slightly spaced from these several parts. The. motoi', tone arm,

lamplifier and other associated parts just dcscribed may be of any preferret construction as will be readily understood by those ifamiliar with the art and further description thereof herein is therefore deemed unnecessarv.. Y

'llhe motor board is preferably arranged at such a height within the cabinet that the :upper end of Ithe partition 12, which terminates slightly short of the upper edges of the front and rear walls of the cabinet, extends for a relatively considerable distance thereabove and also above Athe upper surface of the' turntable, and -for closing the upper end of the chamber 10 a horizontally disposed partition or shelf 30 lis arranged to extend thereover and completely lill the space between the front'. and rear walls and the upperend of the partition, the upper surface of. this shelf being ordinarily substantially below the plane of the upper edges of the front and rear walls. It will be noted,

however, that the end of the shelf 30 voppothefcioss member occupyinfr substantially the same relative position wit i respectto the.l

'corner postsgas tlie'outer face of the wall does to the corner posts at'the other end o tlie cabinet, and that the end wall 4 is in; wardlyv offset f roin the plane. of the outer face 32 of the-cross member 32 for a distanceslightly greater than the thickness of the swinging leaf'liereinafter described,

the upper end of ,the wall terminating considerably below the lower face o'f the partition 30. f

ceptacle for the storage of records. access being had thereto by means of the doors 13 and, if desired, to facilitate the dis iosition and support therein of record hol ing alunis, a plurality of vertically spaced horizontalV shelves 34 may be disposed in tlie chamber, the ends of the shelves being cari `ried in supports respectively lying adjacent the partition 12 andwall- 4 and grooved for the reception of lthe ends of the' shelves. If" desired the shelvesand supports'maybe Aarranged to form a unit which can be easily slid-in and out of the chamber through the doors 13.

Thron 'gh the inward offsetting of the wall 4 to which reference has been made, a recess 36 is formed between the corner posts 7 on the .left hand end of the cabinet viewed from the front, theupper face of the bottom 5 andthe lower face of the cross member 32 which recess is adapted to contain the swinging leaf 33. This leaf, which is preferably of a size to substantially lill the recess, is preferably linished on its exterior or upper surface to conform with the finish of a corresponding portion of the end wall'at the opposite end ofthe cabinet so that when thev leaf is swung substantially to. vertical posiinsuch-manner that it may lbe swung from vertical to horizontal position or vice versa 'and also retained in horizontal position when desired so as to serve as a support for records or other articles and for effecting this connection we prefer to utilize substan tially the form of hinge illustrated more particulaly in Figs. 5 to 11 inclusive to which reference will now more especially be made.

.Each hinge comprises a pair of cooperating elements respectively adapted to be secured to the inner face of the front or rear wall of the cabinet, as the ease may be, and to the adjacent side edge ofthe leaf, and as the hinges are alike in all respects save that they are made as rights and lefts to facilitate their employment adjacent opposite edges of the leaf. the following description of one of themfwill serve equally for the other and thus is to be understood as applicable to either.

In its preferred embodiment the hinge '.compris'es'a guide or track plate 40 a'nd a slide 41 both preferably formed of4 sheet metal. The track plate is of elongated rectangular form and adapted to be secured to the inner face of the front or rear wall of the cabinet near its upper extremity by wood screws 42 or ,in any other way. .This plate is'pierced or cut out adjacent its loweredge to.' form a horizontally disposedlnarr'ow elongated slot 43, the upper wall 44 of which toward its forward end is in turnout away .tdform a generally forwardly and upwardly.

ogee .curved surface edge 45, while Afrom its forward termination the lower wall 46 of the slot is ycurved upwardly and forwardly' substantially on a circular are to form a curved edge or-surface 47 and thenturnedsharply rearwardly 'as at 48 to meet thegforward end-of the'fogeesurface "45.

lSubstantially at the center from'which the curved edge 47 Vis struck .an-inwardly projecting pin 49 is rigidly securedin the plate' in any suitable manner as by heading over the end of the pin-in a. counter'sunk hole 1n -the plate as clearly shown in Fig. 11,. this pin being adapted for slidable engagement in a narrowslot 52 in the slide 41 now to be described.4 Preferably this slide comprises integral flanges 41 41T disposed at right angles to each other andthuspr'csents a genlorally'L-shaped cross section lso as to readil embrace the corner of the leaf'33 toiwhic itis o eratively secured by wood screws 53 exten ing through the slide/or in any other suitable way. As in thepreierred-embodiment of the invention the vupper edge ofthe l leaf is -rabbeted or chamfered on its forward side as at 54, the slide is preferably formed .with aiab or flap 55 bent inwardly from the -flange 41 into parallel relationjwith flange,v 41 soV that when thelatter `is :positioned against the rear -or'under-face', of the leaf adjacent the upper corner thereof, the tab will rest in the rahbet at the extremeupper corner of the leaf as clearly shown in Fig.- 9, thus forming a neat finishand als pro-4 tecting the corner Iof the leaf. Preferably, the flange41 is let into the leaf so as-to bring the surface ofthe flange flush with the pdge of the leaf as also best shownI in said stated, with Aa narrow, longitudinally dis- 'posed closed slot Q52 parallel to andadjacent the line of intersection of the two flanges, and is also provided with an outwardly dilrected pin 57 'in alinementwith the slot 52 gure. .Y

The lange 41 is provided, as,y hitherto llU and disposed near the rear end of the flange f when viewed as in Fig 10, 'this pin being -conveniently' secured in the flange in a' manner ,corresponding tothat in which pin 49 is secured in the plate and being adapted for slidable engagement' in the slot 43 thereof ,when the .parts are in operatively'assembled relation.

' It-will' understood that one of the slides 41 isattached to the leaf adjacent each ofits upper corners as shown in Fig. 9 and that one ofthe track plates40 is secured to the inner face of the fr0ntand another to-t-he inner face of the rear wall of 4the cabinet near the upper extremities thereof, theparts being so assembled that the p'ns 57 respectively project into v*the slots 43 in the -adia- 'A cent track plates and th .the pins 49 pri 'ect into the slots 52 in t e adjacent slld's.

i nder these :circumstances the leaf 33 will` 1?* normally depend ina substantially vertical position in the. recess 36, track plates 40 being so located as to effect this result, the

-pins 57 resting against the surfaces 48' and the pins 49 l ing adjacentor at the up er extremities o the slots 52. When' it is esired to employ the leaf as a support, the same may be swungupwardly to substantially horizontal position, pins 57 during this movement ordinarily 'traversing the 'curved surface 47 till they come vto alinement with the slots 43, 'after which the leaf .may be given a shrt inward. horizontal movement to cause pins 57 to move towardl the rear ends of the slotsand bring the slides to a position in which the Pins 49 rest adja" cent the Afoward `ends of the slots 5 2. The coaction of the pins with the vwalls( of their respective slots 1s .noweffective to securelysuppoit the leaf in horizontal position as. shown in' Fig. 1 so long asit may be desired.

To return 'the' leaf to vertical. position the same is first 'pulled outwardly so as to bring p'ins 57 to substantially the termination of the horizontal surfaces '44 and then lowered,

during which movement the pins ride along the ogee surfaces-45 till they reach the forward terminations lthereof as the leaf'as- ,sumes its vertical position.

In order to facilitate the operation of raising and lowering the leaf we preferably dispose a movable" knob .6'0'ina bore 61 formed near thelower edge of the leaf, con-1' sidered as in Fig. 5, and 'so arranged the knob that when the 'leaf is in horizontalposition'.

' it automatically assumes a positionsubstantially flush .with the upperf `mirface thereof 'and will automatically project above such surface when the leafris 'in substantially vertical position. -To this end -w'e may enlarge the bore 61 adjacent its ends as at 61 provide the knob, which is of somewhat greater length than 7 the thickness of thel leaf,

with fianges 62 and 63 at its opposite ends i of .such` diameter as to readily seat in the en- A.la'rgedportions -of the bore but of greater vdiameter'than the main' portion thereof. v

Thus, when the leaf is raised a'iid the' knob released, vthe latter will fall vertically to the ,its up that of the leaf while' when 'the leafl is` position shown in Fig. 'I thereby 'bringing per surface substantially flush with swung to vertical position the lower ,end or flange of the kiiob will contactfwith the wall- 3, or with a; thin pad of felt or otherresilient matter 64 preferably disposed thereon, so as to'force the knob to the position shown in in the-'path of Fig. 2 in which' it may be readily grasped `bythe lingers when itis 4desired toavain raise the leaf. In order to maintain therleaf in vertical' position when, the machine is being-moved 'or'at such other times as may be necessary, wei may yieldi retaini'ng means such as spring 'alla the'le'af an cesses 67 in the adjacent edge thereof for cooperation therewith in the well known manner.l Conveniently these retaining-means ma be arranged to project into the recess 36 'rom 4the bottom wall thereof.-

In order to permit' theupper end of the leaf to be brought relatively close to the cross member 32 while aifordin suiiicient room for the upper corner .ofyt e leaf to clear 4the latter when the leaf t:is raised, we-

referably rabbet the upper corner of the ea-f "as at 54 as already described and provide the c'ross member with a downwardly depending lip 32 which rests partially within the rabbi-t in the manner clearly shown' in Fig. 5, the lip, thus concealing the upper end of the leaf when in 'vertical positionan'd Substantially eliminating any visible'gap or space between the parts.

It will be observed that in a talking machine havin'g a cabinet constructed in the g Aa record whichis disposed thereon may be readily picked up by 'slipping it in a direction transverse to the tone arm, toward lthe turntable for a short distance so as to assume substantially the position shown. in .dot-ted lines in Fig, 3, on one .side of the forwardly extending tone arm v22, lin whichposition the edge of'tlie-iecord overhangs the partition 12 and the operator may easily introduce his fingers beneath the proj ectin'g portion .and

.` raise the' record from the shelf Without either his fingers or the record coming into contact' with the turntable or` other operative parts of the machine above the motor board.

While we have herein described with conios siderable particularity a preferred einbodiment of our invention-- a's exemplified in a' 'talking machine ofthe console type, wedo not thereby dsire or intend to restrict 'the use of the invention to any' particular style or t pe oftalking machine as the' same is of utility with different types and may be read- 'ily embodied therein. lI l'or do we, b

the foregoing description of a referre embodimentpfthe invention or A y the accompanying illustrations thereof, desire or in# tend to limit the 4invention to any precise details ,oflconstructiom design o r arranvemen of parts, as thesaine 'may be modiiaed in. different wa and 'invarious particulars Without departing froth-the spirit and scopev A ofthe invention-as defined in the appended provider@claims.;'-

Having thus described our invention, 'we

lam and desire to protect by Letters Patent .of the United States:

1. Ina` talking machine cabinet, the combination of front andV rear walls and end walls extending. therebetween closing said cabinet onr he four substantially vertical said end of the cabinet the same appearancev that the iirst mentioned end wall imparts to the other end of the cabinet, and means for4 hingedly connecting said leaf to said cabinet to permit the lower edge of said leaf to be. moved from its lowest position .in said recessV outwardlv and upwardlytobring said leat into a substantially horizontal position, and means concealed within said cabinet for supporting said leaf in said horizontal posi tion.

2. A talkingl machine havin front, rear Qand end walls closing said calvbinet on the four substantially vertical sides thereof, one of said end walls being inwardly oiset from the adjacent ends of the front and rear walls sc as to provide a recess on the exteriorof the cabinet, said end wall terminating below the upper edge of the other Walls, a leaf fitting into saidlrecess, means within said cabinet to hingedly secure the upper end of said leafvto the front and rear Walls, to permit said leaf tobe swung from a substantially vertical position within said recess to a substantially horizontal position; and to be moved when in said horizontal'positon, in-

wardly to'thust the hinged edge o'f said leaf into said cabinet behind and; above said offset i end wall and to rigidly support-saidleaf in such .horizontal position.

In a talking machine cabinet comprising front, rear and endl Walls, the combination of aboard disposed within the cabinet spaced below' the tops of said walls and ada ted to 'support a motor, Aa -shelf also 'witiin the cabinet disposedin a plane above thatof said board and forming a chamber below said shelf,`a"'rise r between said board and shelf; said board, said shelf and riser together forming a partition across the entire space in said cabinet bounded by said walls, one of said end walls being offset in-` wardly with respect to the adjacent ends of the .front and rear walls to provide a recess inone end of the cabinet, a swinging leaf fitting said recess and hinging means connecting the up er edge of said leaf with said cabinet,yand w ereby said-leaf may be swung upwardly from a substantially vertical position within said recess to a substantially horizontal sition, said hinging means perinitting allibdily movement of said. leaf, when said'leaf is in a horizontal position,

inwardly with respect to the cabinet to move' the hinged .end thereof into said chamber beneath saidfshelf, said hinging means being also operative to retain said leaf in said horizontal position when the hinged end thereof is within said chamber.

In witness whereof,.we have hereunto set ourhands this 27th day of July, 1923,

EUGENE 'r. KiEFFER. WILLIAM B. sTEvENsQNf', 

